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Affenpinscher
Afghan Hound
Africanis
Aidi
Airedale Terrier
Akbash Dog
Akita
Alaskan Klee Kai
Alaskan Malamute
Alentejo Mastiff
Alpine Dachsbracke
Ambullneo Mastiff
American Bulldog
American Eskimo Dog
American Foxhound
American Hairless Terrier
American Leopard Hound
American Squirrel Dog
American Staffordshire Terrier
American Water Spaniel
Anatolian Shepherd Dog
Appenzell Cattle Dog
Ariege Hound
Ariege Pointer
Artois Hound
Australian Cattle Dog
Australian Kelpie
Australian Shepherd
Australian Terrier
Austrian Black and Tan Hound
Austrian Pinscher
Auvergne Pointer
Azawakh
Barbet
Barger Stock Feist
Basenji
Basset Hound
Bavarian Mountain Cur
Bavarian Mountain Hound
Beagle
Beagle Harrier
Bearded Collie
Beauceron
Bedlington Terrier
Belgian Shepherd Groenendael
Belgian Shepherd Laekenois
Belgian Shepherd Malinois
Belgian Shepherd Tervuren
Bergamasco
Bernese Mountain Dog
Bichon Frise
Biewer Terrier
Billy
Black and Tan Coonhound
Black Forest Hound
Black Mouth Cur
Black Russian Terrier
Bloodhound
Blue Gascony Basset
Blue Lacy
Blue Picardy Spaniel
Bluetick Coonhound
Boerboel
Bohemian Wire-Haired Pointing Griffon
Bolognese
Border Collie
Border Terrier
Borzoi
Bosnian Coarse-Haired Hound
Boston Terrier
Bourbonnais Pointer
Bouvier des Ardennes
Bouvier des Flandres
Boxer
Boykin Spaniel
Bracco Italiano
Briard
Brittany
Broholmer
Brussels Griffon
Bull Terrier
Bulldog
Bullmastiff
Cairn Terrier
Canaan Dog
Canadian Eskimo Dog
Canarian Catch Dog
Canarian Warren Hound
Cane Corso
Carolina Dog
Catahoula Leopard Dog
Catalonian Sheepdog
Caucasian Mountain Dog
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
Central Asian Shepherd Dog
Cesky Terrier
Chesapeake Bay Retriever
Chihuahua
Chinese Crested
Chinook
Chow Chow
Cimarron Urguayo
Cirneco dell Etna
Clumber Spaniel
Cocker Spaniel
Collie
Coton de Tulear
Croatian Sheepdog
Curly-Coated Retriever
Czechoslovakian Vlack
Dachshund
Dalmatian
Dandie Dinmont Terrier
Danish-Swedish Farmdog
Doberman Pinscher
Dogo Argentino
Dogue de Bordeaux
Drever
Dutch Partridge Dog
Dutch Schapendoes
Dutch Shepherd
Dutch Smoushond
East Siberian Laika
English Cocker Spaniel
English Coonhound
English Foxhound
English Setter
English Shepherd
English Springer Spaniel
English Toy Spaniel
Entlebucher Mountain Dog
Estrela Mountain Dog
Eurasier
Fawn Brittany Basset
Fawn Brittany Griffon
Field Spaniel
Fila Brasileiro
Finnish Hound
Finnish Lapphund
Finnish Spitz
Flat-Coated Retriever
French Bulldog
French Pointer
French Spaniel
French Tricolor Hound
French White and Black Hound
French White and Orange
Fresian Water Dog
German Hound
German Hunting Terrier
German Long-Haired Pointing Dog
German Pinscher
German Rough-Haired Pointer
German Shepherd Dog
German Shorthaired Pointer
German Spaniel
German Spitz
German Wirehaired Pointer
Giant Schnauzer
Glen of Imaal Terrier
Golden Retriever
Gordon Setter
Great Dane
Great Gascony Hound
Great Pyrenees
Greater Swiss Mountain Dog
Greenland Dog
Greyhound
Griffon Nivernais
Halden Hound
Hamilton Hound
Hanover Hound
Harrier
Havanese
Hellenic Hound
Hokkaido Inu
Hovawart
Hungarian Greyhound
Hungarian Hound
Hygen Hound
Ibizan Hound
Icelandic Sheepdog
Irish Red and White Setter
Irish Setter
Irish Terrier
Irish Water Spaniel
Irish Wolfhound
Istrian Coarse-Haired Hound
Italian Greyhound
Italian Hound
Jack Russell Terrier
Japanese Chin
Japanese Spitz
Japanese Terrier
Jindo
Kai Ken
Kangal Dog
Karelian Bear Dog
Karst Shepherd Dog
Keeshond
Kerry Blue Terrier
Kishu
Komondor
Kooikerhondje
Kromfohrlander
Kuvasz
Kvass
Labrador Retriever
Lagotto Romagnolo
Lakeland Terrier
Lancashire Heeler
Landseer (ECT)
Lapponian Herder
Large Munsterlander
Large Vendeen Griffon
Large Vendeen Griffon Basset
Leonberger
Lhasa Apso
Lowchen
Majestic Tree Hound
Majorca Mastiff
Majorca Shepherd Dog
Maltese
Manchester Terrier
Maremma Sheepdog
Mastiff
Medium Vendeen Griffon
Medium-Sized Anglo-French Hound
Miniature Australian Shepherd
Miniature Bull Terrier
Miniature Pinscher
Miniature Schnauzer
Montenegrin Mountain Hound
Mountain Cur
Mudi
Native American Indian Dog
Neapolitan Mastiff
New Guinea Singing Dog
Newfoundland
Nordic Spitz
Norfolk Terrier
Norman Artesien Basset
Norwegian Buhund
Norwegian Elkhound
Norwegian Hound
Norwegian Lundehund
Norwich Terrier
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
Old Danish Pointing Dog
Old English Bulldogge
Old English Sheepdog
Otterhound
Papillon
Parson Russell Terrier
Patterdale Terrier
Pekingese
Peruvian Inca Orchid
Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen
Petit Gascon Saintongeois
Pharaoh Hound
Picardy Shepherd
Picardy Spaniel
Pit Bull Terrier
Plott Hound
Pointer
Poitevin
Polish Greyhound
Polish Hound
Polish Lowland Sheepdog
Pomeranian
Pont Audemer Spaniel
Poodle
Porcelain
Portuguese Cattle Dog
Portuguese Podengo
Portuguese Pointer
Portuguese Sheepdog
Portuguese Water Dog
Posavaz Hound
Prazsky Krysarik
Pudelpointer
Pug
Puli
Pumi
Pyrenean Mastiff
Pyrenean Shepherd
Rat Terrier
Redbone Coonhound
Rhodesian Ridgeback
Romanian Carpathian Shepherd Dog
Romanian Mioritic Shepherd Dog
Rottweiler
Russian Toy
Russo-European Laika
Saarloosewolfdog
Saint Bernard
Saint Germain Pointer
Saluki
Samoyed
Sarplaninac
Schapendoes
Schiller Hound
Schipperke
Scottish Deerhound
Scottish Terrier
Sealyham Terrier
Serbian Hound
Serbian Tricolor Hound
Shar-Pei
Shetland Sheepdog
Shiba Inu
Shih Tzu
Shikoku
Shiloh Shepherd
Siberian Husky
Silky Terrier
Skye Terrier
Sloughi
Slovakian Chuvach
Slovakian Wire-Haired Pointing Dog
Smalands Hound
Small Blue Gascony Hound
Small Munsterlander
Small Swiss Hound
Smooth Fox Terrier
Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier
South Russian Shepherd Dog
Spanish Greyhound
Spanish Hound
Spanish Mastiff
Spanish Pointer
Spanish Water Dog
Spinone Italiano
Sporting Lucas Terrier
Stabyhoun
Staffordshire Bull Terrier
Standard Schnauzer
Stephens Cur
Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog
Styrian Coarse-Haired Hound
Sussex Spaniel
Swedish Elkhound
Swedish Lapphund
Swedish Vallhund
Swiss Hound
Tatra Shepherd Dog
Teddy Roosevelt Terrier
Tenterfield Terrier
Thai Ridgeback
Tibetan Mastiff
Tibetan Spaniel
Tibetan Terrier
Tosa
Toy Fox Terrier
Treeing Cur
Treeing Feist
Treeing Tennessee Brindle
Treeing Walker Coonhound
Tyrolean Hound
Virelade Hound
Vizsla
Volpino Italiano
Weimaraner
Welsh Corgi (Cardigan)
Welsh Corgi (Pembroke)
Welsh Springer Spaniel
Welsh Terrier
West Highland White Terrier
West Siberian Laika
Westphalian Dachsbracke
Whippet
White Shepherd
Wire Fox Terrier
Wirehaired Pointing Griffon
Wirehaired Vizsla
Xoloitzcuintli
Yorkshire Terrier
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purebreds

The term "dog breed" is used to refer to a group of dogs that are closely-related and visibly similar, possessing a set of inherited and distinguishing characteristics, such as size, coat color, intelligence, temperament, sense of sight and smell, and hearing.  An individual dog is identified as a member of a breed through proof of anestry, using genetic analysis or written records of ancestry.  Without such proof, identification of a specific breed is not reliable.  Such records, called stud books, may be maintained by individuals, clubs, or other organizations.

The dog breeds listed on GoPets.com are recognized by one or more of the following three major English-language kennel clubs:
American Kennel Club (AKC)
Canadian Kennel Club (CKC)
United Kennel Club (UKC).

Additionally, there is limited information on breeds that are recognized by one or more of the following kennel clubs:
Australian National Kennel Council (ANKC)
The Kennel Club (KC)
Kennel Union of Southern Africa (KUSA)
National Kennel Club (NKC)
New Zealand Kennel Club (NZKC)

The descriptive information found on GoPets.com for each dog breed is for general information only for dog owners and potential dog owners.  For additional information, or for show dog standards, please refer to the specific kennel club standards for the breed.

To see a description and picture of a dog breed, click on the name of the breed in the list on the left-hand side of the page.  Or, use the menu above to browse by breed size, kennel club (accreditation), or breed class (kennel club grouping).